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their decline. The tripartite struggle is an important occurrence to
the history of India in which three major power of Indian politics,
namely the Rashtrakuta, the Pratihara and the Pala (during 8th to
10th century A.D.) by extending their military activities to win over
the famous city of Kanauj. But that was at the cost of their respective
powers in toto, as no one can ever attain any success over this
famous city (in a permanent way) and it proved to be total wastage
of their man, money and power, which ultimately led them to a
point of their complete extinction.
The tripartite struggle and, more specifically the
declining trend of the Bengal Pala, had some implication in the
Kamrupi politics. First of all, it had provided an opportunity to the
Kamrupi king to extend the centre of their political activities, if
possible, to the region lying west of river Teesta.33 King
Vanamalavarmadeva of Salastambha line (832-55 A.D) was the first
Kamrupi King who had purposefully utilized the opportunity of
Pala's engagement in the tripartite struggle and extended his
frontier towards north and south eastern part of Bengal. He became
the true empire builder by extending traditional western boundary
of Kamrupa beyond the river Karatoya. Thus, the tripartite struggle
and consequent decline of Bengal Pala, in combine, have prepared
the ground in emerging Kamrupa once again as a paramount power
in the east Indian politics.
This paramouncy, on the other hand, might have
created a favourable atmosphere in instituting a new boost to an
unbroken movement of temple buildings activities in Assam, right
from the initial formative phase of the Gupta cultural epoch to a
33.
Choudhury, P.C.: HCPA, 1987, p.45.